Leaving aside for now what exactly Stone Ghost Zhenren asked for, just say that Ning Fan was gone for several days before he finally returned to the guest cave‑dwelling.
During the days Ning Fan was away, Bai Ling didn't go anywhere, just stayed quietly in her room, practicing chess alone.
She more or less understood that Ning Fan had something important to do; even so, she just couldn't fully concentrate on her replay practice these days.
And when Ning Fan finally came back, though she still put on an air of studying records with full focus, the stone in her hand slipped to the wrong spot without her noticing.
"Here, that's wrong. You should play at fourteen-seven, a clamp. If you play here, that big Black Dragon of White's will escape."
